obama found it difficult to keep his emotions in check. he appeared in the press briefing room names after james s brady, the press secretary wounded in the shooting attack on president reagan. in the weekly radio address the president was a bit more composed. >> the majority of those who died today were children. beautiful little kids between the ages and five and ten years old. most of most who died were just youngheir whole lives ahead of them. every parent in america has had a heart heavy with hurt. lowered to half staff at the white house and the capitol building yesterday he. the nation's top law enforcement officials attorney general eric holder was in tulsa, oklahoma yesterday honoring the new u.s. attorney installed there. >> i'm a father of three children myself. i can only begin to imagine the pain that the parents in connecticut are feeling today. i want to assure them and people in this nation we're doing everything we can to investigate this horrendous crime and offer assistance any way we can and that also means we are telli